Scholarships for 20 sustainability young leaders

Dear Family/Donors,

Here we are again, reporting to you what we are doing.

First, how are you doing? Hope you are safe and well.

As we have stated in our last June report, with the COVID-19 global crisis we adapted our school model to a digital one and continued our classes respecting the social distance norms.

The course content in advancing and we entered now the subject: The field of socio-environmental business and structuring socio-environmental businesses. In this module, we have the following objectives:

• To know the contemporary approaches to organizational typologies.
• Understand the concept of organizational hybridity and its practical applications.
• Identify the tensions and dilemmas of managing new organizational formats.
• Know the legal, juridical and governance aspects of socio-environmental business.
• Knowing the role of ecosystem actors in leveraging business: incubators, accelerators, angel networks, investment funds, public agencies.
• Accessing approaches and methodologies used to design socio-environmental business models.
• Know the life cycles of socio-environmental enterprises and the solutions to face the challenges of designing and implementing these initiatives.
• Reflect on the profile, role and performance of the entrepreneur.
• Know the mechanisms and instruments for fundraising

 Does it look too complicated? Moreover, it could be, but our teachers come from the business world and are able to translate for our students this depth showing in practice the challenges and paradigms of this new economy.

We received guests John Carter and Aline Locks (https://aliancadaterra.org/ and Produzindo Certo) who brought the story of the NGO Aliança da Terra, which became the company Produzindo Certo and intensified socio-environmental projects with rural producers.

Also, check out in the appendices the nomination of two students for two prizes: the Agroforestry Challenge and the national stage of the Global Competition of Green Business Ideas, held by Climate Ventures.

Many Thanks again for your support and please, help us to spread our ideas and achievements!

Be safe and Our Best Wishes to you!

IF YOU HAVE ANY DOUBTS OR SUGGESTIONS, JUST WRITE ME in the following address: ipe.cristi.martins@gmail.com

• Students Case of Success (PDF)